Small, tiny and cute are the keywords for the AMD Radeon R9 Nano that we review today. The product has an incredibly small form factor design yet is powered with a contradictorily huge Fiji XT chip that brings some significant gaming performance to this graphics card. With the release of the Nano, AMD now offers three graphics cards in their FIJI GPU line-up being the liquid cooled Radeon R9 Fury X with a FIJI XT GPU, the 'regular' Radeon R9 Fury with the FIJI PRO GPU, and today we can bring you a review on the NANO, powered by a fully enabled FIJI XT GPU. That Fiji XT GPU is literally a beast in size and performance as it is still based on a 28nm fabrication node, a chip that measures just over 5 x 5cm in size. There's lots of good stuff going on inside that chip as the memory you guys all know as GDDR5 typically has been seated on the graphics card PCB.

Well, with the Radeon R9 Fury, Fury X and NANO that has changed. AMD moved towards HBM memory in their entire enthusiast class product stack, the 4 GB of memory is seated onto the actual GPU (chip). So, the Fiji XT GPU has 8.9 Billion transistors, and that is EXCLUDING the HBM memory chips. The GPU the NANO uses is based on GCN 1.2 architecture and then scaled upwards (GCN Gen3) with pretty good DirectX 12 support. The Radeon R9 NANO screams multitudes of 4096 in the sense that you can game at 4K Ultra HD, it has 4096 shader processors, comes with 4096 MB of graphics memory and sure, why not... it has a 4096-bit wide memory bus. The end result is a product that offers roughly 8 TFLOPS of compute and graphics rendering performance offering excellent game performance in the more difficult and complex to render circumstances, such as Ultra HD gaming. The AMD Radeon R9 Nano will be a 175W TDP graphics card based on a very small form factor, you can use it inside a mini-ITX or Micro ATX build easily. The fully enabled Fiji XT GPU has 4096 stream processors - 256 TMUs and 64 ROPs.

So how does AMD do all that, such a big and hot ship running at a lower TDP in a small design graphics card? Well, while the core clock frequency is allowed to boost up-to 1 GHz, the card has both a power limiter and temperature limiter. Once it reaches 75 Degrees C or a certain power allowance, it will start to down-clock to reach the pre-programmed power and temperature targets. As such the 1000 MHz core clock frequency is not a fixed clock on these cards, it is a maximum clock frequency -- if the card passes its power limitations or gets too warm then the card will clock up/down in-between these monitored limiters. In our experience you are looking at anywhere from 5 to 15% of the clock frequency, based on the limiters. Have a peek at the product we test today and then head onwards into the review.

Back when AMD started talking in detail about their Fury GPU almost all of the information was about the Fury X, their liquid cooled high end part. Some mention was made of the Fury, a more “traditional” style GPU but Fury X was the focus… until later in the presentation when AMD teased the Nano. A product based on that same Fury X GPU, but air cooled but in a form factor that suited ITX. Since then little has been said of the product but today the NDA is lifted and we can talk about the performance in our AMD Radeon R9 NANO Review.

The small-form-factor king emerges. AMD launched the premium Radeon R9 Fury X graphics card back in June this year. Designed to compete with the best consumer graphics Nvidia has to offer, Fury X uses a scaled-up GCN architecture and, for the first time, HBM memory for increased bandwidth and potential to build smaller cards.

And while the liquid-cooled Fury X puts AMD back in the big league as far as all-out performance is concerned it's not quite the GeForce-thrashing card that some expected. Of rather more interest to many is what AMD can do with the power efficiencies and massively reduced form factor of HBM memory, and AMD teased the appropriately named Nano a short while back.

Today AMD is releasing the highly anticipated Radeon R9 Nano, the world’s most powerful compact Mini-ITX friendly graphics card. On paper the Nano is essentially a pint-sized Fury X, which sounds amazing, but the big question is how well does it perform? AMD’s paper launch a few weeks ago suggested performance was excellent and finally we get the chance to find out for ourselves...

Despite all that, the Nano is a very hard sell at $650 and AMD only have themselves to blame for that. The Fury X is a waste of money when compared to the $100 cheaper Fury as it is just a few frames faster. So why create another expensive Fury X type graphics card with the Nano? Honestly we don’t know, but we do know a Fiji Pro Nano at $550 would be a much better proposition in our opinion.

Based on the fully fledged Fiji XT, the Radeon R9 Nano gets the same 4096 stream processors as the Fury X, just in a much more compact package. The Nano measures only 6" (152mm) long, which is made possible by the Fiji GPU's modest power consumption and HBM technology. AMD hopes to enable 4K gaming in tiny Mini-ITX systems with the Nano.

Information about the AMD Radeon R9 Nano has been trickling out for months. Even before it was officially shown off at a swank event adjacent to E3 earlier this summer, some pictures and preliminary details regarding the R9 Nano leaked to the web. Since its official unveiling, we’ve also revealed a plethora of information about the latest Radeon R9 300 series and the other products in AMD’s current line-up—the Radeon R9 Fury and Fury X—that are powered by the same Fiji GPU as the Radeon R9 Nano. And yet, the diminutive card still has a bit of mystique around it and the hardware community at large is interested in what AMD's little half-length Nano card can really do.

Today, we can finally answer your questions. Although specifications were released a few days back, they don’t tell the R9 Nano’s complete story. Strictly looking at the numbers makes this tiny graphics card appear to have some impressive specifications, mostly in-line with AMD’s current flagship...

With the Z170 Deluxe, ASUS for sure has one of the most interesting boards ready at launch. First of all there is a great looking color scheme and apart from that there are countless features. A quick look reveals for example that there is support for NVMe drives as well as an M.2 x4 SSD slot. At this point we're already really curious to find out what this board is capable of.

‘Cyonic’ is a company name not many of our readers will recognise. They are a new brand who claim to target the enthusiast audience with competitively priced, high quality power supplies. Today we look at their AU-650x – a fully modular DC to DC converter design featuring premium quality Japanese Electrolytic Capacitors. At £85 inc vat at Scan in the UK – should this new power supply be making a final shortlist?

Apple just announced its brand new iPhone 6s and as they said “everything” is new about the device. Apple has added in a new faster processor, 12-megapixel camera, a new feature called 3D Touch, and much more. I have to say after watching the keynote I am pretty excited for the iPhone 6s. I believe that Apple put more into this device because of such competition of other devices. Come along with us and see what the new iPhone 6s is all about!

We just had the Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 flagship board on our test bench and the Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming 7 definitely shows it’s relationship with the Flagship Board. From a first glance it looks like the Gigabyte Z170X Gaming 7 didn’t get a PLX chip so graphics are going to be limited to a single cards at 16x, two cards will run at 8x 8x and you get 12 Digital power Phases on the CPU, one heatpipe on the heat sinks and no option to water cool the CPU area like the G! Flagship board.

Being a member of the G1 Gaming family the Gaming 7 still got a lot of enthusiast based hardware and the features on this board rival most boards unless you find one with the Rare PLX chip. The Gigabyte Z170X Gaming 7 was put forth as a more affordable offering of the G1 family but more affordable doesn’t mean GIGABYTE skimped on the extras or quality, they just had to step down a bit from the Monster Flagship we reviewed earlier in the month.

While the iPhones are an important aspect of Apple’s September annual announcements, the real surprise of the show was the iPad Pro and iPad Mini 4. For those that aren’t up to speed with the basics of these two tablets, the iPad Mini 4 was only mentioned in passing in the announcement but it effectively gives you the iPad Air 2 with an A8 SoC in a mini formfactor. This means that the display is now close to 100% sRGB and there is the iPad Air 2 anti-reflective coating on top. I’m not sure if the iPad Mini 4 makes the jump to an IGZO display for better battery life, but the iPad Mini 4 is now the closest it’s ever been to the iPad Air sibling.

The iPad Pro received an enormous amount of event time, and given just how big of a departure it is from previous iPads, I can understand why. The move from 9.7 to 12.9 inches really does make the iPad Pro far better for content consumption and productivity purposes. The increase in size does make it harder to maneuver when used purely as a multi-touch tablet. While a 9.7” tablet like the iPad Air 2 could be used for reading in bed or something similar, I have a feeling that the iPad Pro might be uncomfortable when using it for similar purposes. The tablet is definitely light though, as the density feels similar to the iPad Air 2 but scaled up to the larger size.

How many of you knew that audio quality is not the very first thing people check when out to buy a new pair of headphones? Well as it turns out according to official statistics people care most about design, price and brand name than they do about audio quality and although it's understandable that not many people can afford to get a expensive pair of headphones (that didn't really come as a surprise to any of us) still not everyone is aware that SONY and Philips although both very good brands are not the only leading brand names in that particular market. Other manufacturers like JBL have been around for ages (JBL in particular was established in 1946) and have won the hearts of not only music professionals and audiophiles but also casual consumers all across the globe. Today we're taking a look at one of the last and highest end Bluetooth wireless headphones released by JBL the Synchros E50 BT.

JBL, a unit of Harman International Industries, Incorporated, designs and builds audio equipment for consumers, the entertainment industry and the automotive industry. JBL takes its decades of experience making speakers and other equipment for concert halls and other public venues, and uses it to create audio equipment for consumers around the world. You can enjoy a movie, ball game or concert as part of a huge crowd or in your home - but either way, you can catch all of the sounds with superb clarity through JBL components.

The Synchros E50 BT Bluetooth wireless headphones are Bluetooth V3.0 compatible (support A2DP, AVRCP, HFP, HSP), follow the typical around the ear closed type design and make use of two large 50mm stereo dynamic drivers which produce full spectrum sound and feature a 20Hz-20KHz frequency response with 117dB sensitivity and 32 Ohm impedance. A built-in microphone is also present in the Synchros E50 BT but aside its sensitivity of -42dB and JBLs Pure Konnexx echo cancellation technology used we don't know much more about it. The dynamic drivers also feature JBLs PureBass Performance technology for deeper and richer bass but the real surprise comes from the ShareMe technology used which basically allows you to share whatever you're listening with another E50 BT/E40 BT Bluetooth enabled set of headphones and the 730mAh lithium-ion rechargeable battery which provides up to 18 hours of audio life. So since on paper everything seems just perfect let’s see what the JBL Synchros E50 BT Bluetooth headphones are capable of.

The G310 Atlas Dawn is a slimmed down version of the G910, Logitech's previous Romer-G mechanical keyboard. Gone are the macro keys and media control functions along the side and top of the board. The number pad has also been given the boot in order to create a lightweight and compact keyboard that's better suited for travel to LAN events or to fit into smaller gaming spaces.

AMD today released the tiny six inch long Radeon R9 Nano into the market. The AMD Radeon R9 Nano is a very interesting graphics card since it features a fully enabled AMD Fiji XT GPU that has a core clock of up to 1000 MHz and a TDP of just 175 Watts. Today we'll be taking a look at the AMD Radeon R9 Nano and will be comparing it to the ASUS GeForce GTX 970 Mini-ITX to see who has the fastest graphics card for those looking for something really tiny!

The Silverstone Tundra series has a new addition with the TD03-LITE. This new standard 120 mm all-in-one liquid CPU cooler packs a pretty good punch, which is in part to its solid performance and affordable price. It has some serious potential.

The names Creative and Sound Blaster have become synonymous over the years for their audio products and just hearing the name Sound Blaster garners about the same respect as the name Porsche! Which is where we get to the Sound Blaster Jam Bluetooth Headphones that will be featured in this review.

While there never really was an era where video cards were small, the focus on size and power efficiency over the last couple of years feels a bit like a return to at least some earlier roots in the PC video card industry. After traditional blower style cards peaked at 300W at the turn of the decade while other cards reached as long as 13”, we’ve slowly but surely been backing off on the idea that a large card and a flagship card necessarily go hand-in-hand. To be sure, we still have large cards and powerful cards as these cards have virtues of their own, but with the GPU TDP race seemingly having reached its limit, large and powerful is no longer the one and only path.

Instead what we’ve seen is a greater variety in designs, especially as component integration and innovations such as SSDs bring down the footprint on overall computer sizes. MicroATX has gone from a niche to a proper market in and of itself, and at the more bleeding edge previously obscure and performance-limited form factors such as MiniITX have become a viable platform for high-end computing. This in turn has driven video card manufacturers to build designs for these systems, going beyond traditional blower and twin/triple-fan designs.

For AMD this shift has been especially evident in their card designs based their flagship Fiji GPU. Thanks in large part to Fiji’s own high degree of integration – HBM brings down the area needed for GPU + memory – the only “traditional” card in the Fiji lineup is the Radeon R9 Fury, which isn’t even AMD’s flagship card. Rather at the high-end AMD went over the top, opting for a high powered closed loop liquid cooling design in what is a reference single-GPU card. Meanwhile at the other end of the spectrum is the Radeon R9 Nano, which sees AMD push the limits on miniaturization and pack Fiji into a card just 6 inches long.